In campaigns like Operation Sindoor, the whole world has seen India’s growing military strength. Seeing this, the way the Indian Army took accurate action on the terrorist bases present in Pakistan, the big companies of America, who made military weapons, have lost their sweat. American experts say that in view of India, America needs immediate defense reform.
In the Small Wars Journal, John Spencer and Vincent Vyilla wrote that in 2014, this step was taken to make domestic products and self -reliance in the defense sector in 2014 and after 10 years, this effort in Operation Sindoor brought color and the whole world is his witness.
India is rapid innovation in the military sector, manufacturing modern weapons with new technology for war, which is also low and more and more weapons are being emphasized in the country, while the US is trapped in the old and cold warlords. There is also a lot of difference in the cost of Indian and American weapons. The price of Indian Pinaka rocket is less than 56 thousand dollars, while the US GMLRS missile costs $ 1,48,000. Similarly, the price of India’s sky missile defense system is equal to a fraction of Patriot or Nasams platform in America.
The deal was signed with Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) for Rs 1,982 crore to create a sky defense system, while the US NASAMS defense system is priced at Rs 3,842 crore. The largest companies in American defense industry are Lockheed Martin, Boeing, Northrop Gumman, Rethon Technology and General Dynamics. According to SIPRI, 9 of the world’s 20 largest defense companies are Americans.
Experts say that America’s acquisition process is quite slow. Here it takes years to make changes in the military sector and sometimes in decades, modernization is done. The high cost of American weapons is also a major reason for this, which obstruct modernization. F-35 is an accurate example of this, which costs $ 1.7 trillion and has been criticized several times for its poor performance. US Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall has also accepted that the F-35 program was a big mistake, which will not be repeated again.